Nazis Trapped By Red Troops On New Front
British radio quoted 8000 Germans killed while attempting to cross Severnaya Bay near Sevastopol in rubber boats. Red Star reported Kursk front fighting as Soviets cut off German infantry and destroyed over 200 tanks in two days. Sevastopol defense held firm as Kharkov sector saw heavy fighting with no decisive outcome.
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New York
Severnaya Bay
Sevastopol
BBC
CBS
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kursk
Kharkov
Red Star
Timoshenko
Hitler
Soviet Information Bureau
Major Moore Takes Command Of Wyoming Air Base
Major James A. Moore veteran U S Army Air Forces pilot will command the Air Base at Casper Wyoming. He arrived in Tucson in 1941 with Col A S Albro during early base construction. Moore, born in Indiana and raised in California, earned his wings at USC before World War I.
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James A. Moore
U. S. Army Air Forces
Air Force
Casper
Woo
Moore
Tucson
Col. A. S. Albro
Army Air Base
Wyoming Air Base
Major Moore
Indiana
California
University of Southern California
Army Air Service
Vast Sum Proposed To Halt Upsets In Price Ceilings
London and Washington report a plan for large federal subsidies to block price ceiling upsets. Government purchases of farm products would be resold at a loss to help retailers unable to raise prices, with projected costs between 300 and 400 million dollars. Legislative action faces jammed calendars and potential night sessions as fiscal year ends.
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Washington
Cials
Leon Henderson
Wickard
Roosevelt
Cannon
D-Mo
Office of Price Administration
Senate
House
Curtin Denies Australia Is Strong Enough
Prime Minister John Curtin declared Australia remains insufficiently equipped and underdeveloped in wartime organization. He rebutted Washington reports by Wasserman and Hartnett that promised more American aid and weapons, warning such statements harm the Allied cause in the southwest Pacific.
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Melbourne
John Curtin
Australia
Washington
W. S. Wasserman
L. J. Hartnett
Egypt
Suez
Wasserman
Hartnett
Southwest
Pacific
Six Torpedoed Seamen Refuse Rescue After Sinking
Six American seamen survived the sinking of a medium sized United States merchant vessel more than 500 miles off shore. They refused further rescue fearing another torpedo. Survivors Gates and Burns described sharks surrounding their lifeboat before reaching safety.
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United States
Atlantic
Robert Gates
Los Angeles
James Burns
Rochester
N. Y
West Indian
Gates
Burns
Radford Palmore
Texas
Barrus
New Jersey
Bob Robertson
Hans Mathiesen
Terms Of Two Social Board Members End
Phoenix June 30 The terms of two members of the state board of social security and welfare expire at midnight tonight opening Governor Osborn to appoint an entirely new board if he desires Russell Meadows of Bisbee and Joseph C. Dolan of Flagstaff will depart Angela Hammer of Phoenix has served since her term expired a year ago without a successor McDougall Phoenix attorney will act as social security commissioner succeeding Harry W. Hill who left to join the Arizona division of the office of price administration Changes in the department staff are noted with many shifts and difficulty in replacing key officials Merit system council will conduct examinations for many positions employees leaving for the Red Cross or other agencies seek higher pay or wartime service.
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Phoenix
State Board of Social Security and Welfare
Osborn
Russell Meadows
Bisbee
Joseph C. Dolan
Flagstaff
Angela Hammer
James R. McDougall
Social Security and Welfare Department
Harry W. Hill
Arizona
Office of Price Administration
McDougall
Hill
Meadows
Dolan
State Department of Health
Merit System Council
American Red Cross
Sears Roebuck Chief Passes In Chicago
Thomas J. Carney, 56, longtime Sears Roebuck president since January 1939, died last night of heart disease after five months of illness. He began with the company in 1902 and rose from shipping clerk to head of the world’s largest mail order house. Carney was a close associate of Donald M. Nelson, War Production Board chairman, who was Sears executive vice president.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Carney
Sears
Roebuck and Company
Robert E. Wood
Carney
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate Approves Record Army Bill for 1943 Rapidly
The Senate passed a $42.82 billion Army appropriation for 1943 by voice vote, sending the measure to the House. It covers nearly 100,000 tanks, $11.3 billion for Air Corps aircraft, $12.7 billion for lend-lease, and $10.38 billion for Army pay and subsistence, with minor house amendments.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Elmer Thomas
D.-Okla
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Army Air Corps
Agencies Urge Full Rubber Scrap Drive Nationwide
President Roosevelt ordered all U S government agencies to contribute every ounce of rubber to the scrap campaign through July 10. White House said this drastic measure, with possible gasoline rationing, aims to force results within the 10 day extension. Harold L Ickes blamed officials for the campaign’s slow progress as authorities consider further actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen T. Early
Harold Smith
United States
Harold L Ickes
Son Held As Father Dies After Fight
Mirlen Turner is jailed after allegedly beating his father Louis Turner who died at county hospital from injuries. Police say the 19 year old admitted striking his father with fists after intervening in a dispute with his mother Elsie Turner. Witnesses saw a chair used and the elder Turner fall to the street as officers arrived.
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Louis Turner
Railroad Avenue
Mirlen Turner
Turner
Mercer H. Johnson
Young Turner
Mirren
Elsie Turner
Mirlen
Fernstrom
Becky Moore
Guernsey
Auchinleck Appointed To Take Over Defense Of Egyptian Section
Cairo June 30 news reports British forces in Egypt brace for a major clash west of El Daba as Rommel pushes from Matruh toward the Qattara depression. Allied air power and reinforcements tighten the front while tank units and New Zealand troops enter action.
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Auchinleck
Cairo
Mediterranean
Alexandria
el Daba
Erwin Rommel
Qattara
Eighth
Alexandria Naval Base
RAF
United States Army Air Corps
Tobruk
Matruh
Fuka
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
New Zealand
Fpuka
Claude Auchinleck
London
Rommel
Libya
Qatarra
Milk Shortage Remedy Proposed for Tucson Area
Local grocers report a four day milk shortage with shortages ranging from 10 to 50 percent. A temporary remedy may come from relaxing Tucson cream grade requirements, allowing non grade A cream to be shipped in to support milk supply. Tucson dairy rules demand cooling to 50 degrees for grade A. Phoenix rules allow 60 degrees.Restrictions and investments in refrigeration affect state producers. A June 27 letter from dairy inspector G L Fritz grants Tucson dairies permission to buy grade A cream from valley plants.
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ED Dougherty
Tucson
Phoenix
G. L. Fritz
Health Department
Tucson Dairies
Gneisenau Found Disabled After British Bombing
British aerial photos show the German battleship Gneisenau anchored at Gydnia with three 11 inch turrets removed and about 30 feet of the forecastle deck gone. The air ministry sees repairs as unlikely at Gdynia, suspecting serious damage that could keep her out for the duration.
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London
English
Brest
Gydnia
Air Ministry
Gdynia
Court Martial Likely For Saboteurs
Indications rise that eight German saboteurs captured in New York and Chicago may face court martial. Justice and War departments consult on prosecution with no set precedent. Attorney General Biddle notes substantial agreement and promises a detailed announcement within 48 hours.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
Justice
War Department
Francis Biddle
Henry L. Stimson
Myron C. Cramer
Biddle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Churchill Reveals Change at Eighth Army Command
Prime Minister Churchill announces Gen. Claude Auchinleck has relieved Lieut. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie and assumed command of the Eighth Army in Egypt with government approval. He cites sources from Gen. Wavell on Malaya and Singapore and defends timing during a two day Commons debate.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Commons
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth Army
Egypt
Churchill
Roosevelt
Miles Lampson
Britain
Matruh
Tobruk
Sir Archibald Wavell
India
Malaya
Singapore
Richard R. Stokes
Labor
British Empire
Auchinleck
Ritchie
Stokes
Wavell
Japs Guard Formosa With Massive Troop Concentration
Chinese army headquarters disclosed that Japan has moved 50 000 to 60 000 troops to Formosa from the Philippines campaign route. The spokesman warned Allied forces might use Formosa to threaten Japan and its lines to Burma and the Indies while bitter battles raged in Shansi with Chinese guerrillas and Japanese columns near Linshen.
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Robert P. Martin Chungking
Japan
Formosa
China
Philippines
Tokyo
Manchuria
Russia
Burma
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Taimang Mountains
Shansi Province
Changchis
Kaopong
Chingcheng
Linshien
Linshein
Truck Driver Killed in El Centro Train Collision
At a grade crossing six miles west of El Centro a westbound San Diego and Arizona train derailed after hitting a beer truck. Cecil Thaxter Johnson, 32, of Los Angeles, died instantly. the engineer was slightly injured and one woman passenger bruised. Traffic expected to resume on a single track later today.
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EL Centro
Cal
U.P
San Diego
Johnson
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Diego and
Arizona
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Wyoming
Harriman
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Donald Nelson
Oliver Lyttelton
Curtin
America
Sears Roebuck
ARMY
U.S
FDR
Edward W. Beattie
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